The small hands of Antwerp and the heads of negroes — 1. The little hands of Antwerp A rather strange element of Belgian pastry are these little pieces of chocolate representing little hands. They are commonly called the little hands of Antwerp. For some time now, they have been available in small biscuits. A rather clumsy way of hiding their Negro or African inspiration. About the origin of these little chocolate hands

The Curious History of a Not-So-Old Practice — It was 1913, and in the United States the only rule in this regard was that the package should not exceed 5 kg in weight Nowadays, we can send almost anything by mail, from a letter to a package with almost all kinds of objects except, of course, those that…

The largest Snake to have ever exist — The species, belonging to the boa family, lived in the Colombian Caribbean 60 million years ago Paleontologists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the US found 19 years ago in Colombia the fossil remains of a snake that later, with the course of the investigations, was classified as the…

The Crazy things President Andrew Jackson did — I look at Donald Trump and I see a jerk, a demagogue, an ignoramus. That definition, that of a jerk, demagogue and ignorant, was the one assigned at the time (quite precisely) to Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States and, probably, the founder of American democracy, which…

Lobotomy: when they believed that opening your head was the solution to all your problems — There was a time when it was believed that hammering at the brain and severing neural connections could fix the mind. And it wasn’t really that long ago Don’t make fun of madness, it is worse than death” “If I die, you’ll know I miss you 24 hours a day. I want black coffee, chocolate ice cream and a picture…

Sex and hygiene in the era of “double standards” — All kinds of myths and stories are known today from the second half of the 19th century. …

His Record remains unbeaten — He became one of the most effective soldiers of the Winter War (1939–1940); to this day, no one has been able to beat his fatal record In just three months, Simo Häyhä put more than 542 Russian soldiers out of action, 200 of whom died. The day the Soviet Union…

The World's first ever De-Extinction — The Pyrenees in Europe is a land of life and biodiversity. Here, perfectly adapted, many species have grown and prospered, finding the ideal place to live. Some of them are endemic. They own the Pyrenees mountains. Among the native species, it is worth highlighting the bucardo, the last extinct species…

When crazy people Kill and eat other people — The term cannibal came into existence with the discovery of America, when Christopher Columbus found the Carib Indians on the island of Hispaniola, who practiced cannibalism (a man who eats another man). For the Caribs, the word caniba from the Taíno language meant “bold or audacious”, for the Arawak (who…